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The Fittest Cities

Lincoln, Nebraska – not Burlington, Vermont – tops the chart

-Julie Ryan Evans

Who would have thought that the red-meat loving, fast-food-joint-on-every-corner city I grew up in – Lincoln, Nebraska – would be the nation’s healthiest city?

But it’s true; the CDC says so.

According to their annual survey, 92.8 percent of residents report their health to be “good or better” and only 7.2 percent say their health is fair or poor.

Some news reports have inaccurately given the healthiest title to Burlington, Vermont, but that is based on data from the previous year. The capital city of the Cornhusker state is the rightful winner – sorry Ben&Jerry’s!